False Value is the latest in Ben Aaronovitch's long-running Rivers of London series and, in my opinion, the best to date. Fans of the series will already know what to expect - magic meets mystery in modern London - Hogwarts meets The Bill - but somehow Aaronovitch still manages to surprise us. The Tech backdrop of False Value could easily have felt tacky - but it remained engaging and fun. A 5* read.

Another expansion of the Rivers of London universe with more practitioners from different ‘schools’ joining in the fun. Peter takes a job at the Serios Cybernetics Company as a part of the security staff and is tasked with sniffing out a rat. Can it all be that easy though, especially when you have billionaire tech bros chasing down old tech that is inextricably linked with magic, I mean what could go wrong? Mixing with the nerd and the necrotic is going to be a challenge, but this is also on top of the twins that are due at any moment. This outing in the Riververse is twisty and a wee bit convoluted but it rewards close reading as there are so many threads that are starting to show a world that is far deeper than Nightingale and other British practitioners thought was out there. As always we get hints of Peter’s growing powers, fifth level spells and all. We also finally get a look into that shielded room in The Folly’s basement. The Dungeon Dimensions, it’s all I’m saying. Now only got one novel, four graphic novels, and a handful of short stories to go to have read the whole universe in chronological order in anticipation of July’s new release.

...there are already editing errors. Come on Orion, this is happening too often.